Morris Brandon Elementary School

Morris Brandon Elementary School is a public elementary school located in the Buckhead community in northwest Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1947 as part of the Fulton County school district, it has been a part of the Atlanta Public Schools since the annexation of Buckhead in 1952.

The Main Campus, located at the intersection of Howell Mill and West Wesley roads, serves children in the second to fifth grades. The Primary Center campus was added in 2009 for kindergarten and first grade. It is located in the former Margaret Mitchell Elementary School on Margaret Mitchell Drive (opened in 1954) and was extensively renovated prior to occupancy in August 2009. Construction of an addition consisting of a gymnasium, band room, classrooms, and support spaces was planned for Fall 2014, and was designed by the Atlanta architecture firm Stevens & Wilkinson.

The school was named for Atlanta attorney Morris Brandon, whose children donated the 10 acres of land on which the Main Campus is located. Brandon's portrait is displayed there.

Honors and awards

Morris Brandon was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2003, a 10-year honor.^[1] Brandon was named a Georgia School of Excellence in 2007, which lasts for five years. For consistently high achievement, Morris Brandon also received Georgia Department of Education Platinum Awards in 2005 and 2006 and a Gold Award in 2008. These awards are given each fall based on the previous spring's test scores.^[2]

International Baccalaureate Programme

Morris Brandon has been an IB World School since 2007,^[3] offering the IB Primary Years Programme. Children zoned in the Brandon school district have a seamless IB program with Atlanta Public Schools from kindergarten through 12th grades: Brandon, Sutton Middle School, and North Atlanta High School.

Statistical profile

Enrollment (at beginning of 2011-2012 school year)
1,017 students total
Main Campus: 721
Primary Center: 417

Demographics (2007-2008)
86% white
5% black
4% Hispanic
3% multiracial
2% Asian
7% eligible for free/reduced meals

School colors: Red, white, and black
School symbol: Morris Brandon Bee

Faculty

Principal: Karen Evans
Assistant Principal: Mattie Lamar
Primary Center Administrator: Pete Settelmayer (2009-2011), Marcia Mayo (2011-present)

References

External links

Official Morris Brandon website: http://www.morrisbrandon.com
Morris Brandon page on Atlanta Public Schools website: http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/content/brandon.aspx

Public schools in Atlanta

High schools	Carver Commercial Douglass Girls' Grady Mays North Atlanta South Atlanta M. H. Jackson Therrell Washington

Middle schools	Brown Bunche Coan Harper-Archer Inman Kennedy King Long Parks Price Sutton Sylvan Hills Turner Young

Elementary schools	Adamsville Beecher Hills Benteen Bethune Blalock Bolton Academy Boyd Brandon Burgess/Peterson Campbell Capitol View Cascade Centennial Place Cleveland Ave. Connally Continental Colony Cook Deerwood Academy Dobbs Dunbar East Lake Fain Fickett Finch Garden Hills Gideons Grove Park Heritage Academy Herndon Hill Hope Humphries Hutchinson Jackson Jones Kimberley Lin Miles Morningside Oglethorpe Parkside Perkerson Peyton Forest Rivers Scott Slater Smith D. H. Stanton F. L. Stanton Thomasville Heights Toomer Towns Usher-Collier Heights Venetian Hills Waters West Manor White Whitefoord Williams Woodson

Non-traditional schools	APS/CEP School Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School West End Academy

Charter schools	Achieve Academy of Atlanta Atlanta Charter Middle School Charles R. Drew Charter School KIPP Academy Neighborhood Charter School SIAT Tech High School BEST Academy C. S. King Academy University Community Academy

Sports facilities	Lakewood Stadium Grady Stadium

Broadcasting	WABE FM 90.1 WPBA TV 30.1

Coordinates: 33°49′48″N 84°24′57″W / 33.829945°N 84.415803°W / 33.829945; -84.415803

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